Stichting Help

* December 2011

Fano, one of the very first pupils of the Colegio Asher, had a serious traffic accident in October, which was not his fault. Both his legs were very badly injured in the accident, and one leg was even threatened with amputation. Judith and Roberto very hastily arranged a loan to pay for the operation and hospital costs. The surgeons managed to save his leg by using a metal pin. Fano is an orphan and, just like most of the Dominican population, he also has no money for medical insurance. Although the doctors thought that he would never be able to stand properly on the leg, he is healing wonderfully well. He will still have to sit in a wheelchair for several months, but it now looks like he will still be able to walk again quite reasonably in the future. Fano had just left the Colegio after many years and, with help from school, he found a job with which he could earn quite well. Everyone is very relieved because, with a lot of patience now, he will later be able to work again.
Judith and Roberto could not pay for this loan themselves, however. After it proved very difficult to find money for this in the Netherlands, fortunately a Canadian lady was found who was prepared to provide the money. Canadians have proved to be the "ministering angel" more often.

* December 2010.

Thanks to a special contribution from the Canning Trust in London, additional teachers have been recruited for a period of 2 years to provide education and extra guidance for the 48 new Haitian students at the Colegio Asher. This contribution is linked to the impact of the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010.

* November 2009

 Trip-report September/October 2009.

* September 2009

Saske and Maudie van den Broek in Sosúa.
These two sisters visited the Colegio Asher in
August 2009, and donated the money they had collected to this school and the Sosúa Kids Org.
Their enthusiastic report is below:"19 Augustus 2009, eight o’clock in the morning – the start of an exiting day full of impressions. This was the morning my sister Maudie and I were picked up by Roberto Terrero for a visit to the Colegio Evangelico Asher. On the way we also collected Judith, his wife. They are the founders of this school. Unfortunately we were too late for the start of the school day, which is the hoisting of the flag.

November 2008

In November 2008, our financial help enabled Colegio Evangelico Asher to buy 27 chairs and one large table second-hand.